Re: jack kerouac/terrible drafts
Jake McHenry (seymour@ktis.net)
Tue, 29 Jun 1999 15:42:19 -0500
"Ask the Dust" is John Fante. (Not HST) And if that can of worms opens up I
will take the foot of silence from my mouth and sing like mad. My circle of
friends got hipped to Fante from Bukowski. He went on and on about him at a
reading and afterwards I read all I could. (Hence the old odd mis-post of my
poetry that I meant to send to BANdini instead of BANanafish.)
And speaking of Hunter, Paul, I know it to be a fact that his drink of
choice is Chivas Regal. His son Jaun is a friend. And with that in mind I
was able to secure an Uncle Duke Doonesbury action figure signed by Hunter.
(Very nice, indeed.)
-Jake
>Papa's taken enough poop around here of late. So I'll ignore the second
>part of the above passage..... But what, pray tell, is "Ask the Dust"? (I
>can't pretend to have sought out--let alone read--everything that HST ever
>wrote.... although my Ralph Steadman autograph in STILL LIFE WITH BOTTLE
>ranks right up there beside Joe Carter's on an American League baseball in
>my personal reliquary of important objects....)
>
>I'd be willing to bet that Hunter is a Holden fan.... and that there's a
>red-and-yellow copy of CATCHER, stashed not far from the dope, out there in
>his Colorado homestead....
>
>Where can I find "Ask the Dust"?
>
>Please!
>
>Cheers,
>
>Paul
>
>PS: Hunter, I'm almost certain, drinks Bourbon.... But I'll pass, just
>now, and solicit Scottie's praise for my admirable abstinence....
>